About the Authors

Patrizia Paganin

Contributed equally to this work with: Patrizia Paganin, Ersilia Vita Fiscarelli

Affiliation Technical Unit for Sustainable Development and Innovation of Agro-Industrial System, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy

Ersilia Vita Fiscarelli

Contributed equally to this work with: Patrizia Paganin, Ersilia Vita Fiscarelli

Affiliation Cystic Fibrosis Microbiology and Cystic Fibrosis Center, Children's Hospital and Research Institute Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy

Vanessa Tuccio

Affiliation Cystic Fibrosis Microbiology and Cystic Fibrosis Center, Children's Hospital and Research Institute Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy

Manuela Chiancianesi

Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Giovanni Bacci

Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Patrizia Morelli

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Cystic Fibrosis Center, G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy

Daniela Dolce

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Meyer Hospital, Florence, Italy

Claudia Dalmastri

Affiliation Technical Unit for Sustainable Development and Innovation of Agro-Industrial System, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy

Alessandra De Alessandri

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Cystic Fibrosis Center, G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy

Vincenzina Lucidi

Affiliation Cystic Fibrosis Microbiology and Cystic Fibrosis Center, Children's Hospital and Research Institute Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy

Giovanni Taccetti

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Meyer Hospital, Florence, Italy

Alessio Mengoni

Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Annamaria Bevivino

annamaria.bevivino@enea.it

Affiliation Technical Unit for Sustainable Development and Innovation of Agro-Industrial System, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB GT VL. Performed the experiments: PP EVF VT MC PM DD ADA VL GT. Analyzed the data: AB AM EVF GT ADA VL GB CD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB AM EVF ADA VL GT GB. Wrote the paper: AB AM EVF GT VL.